Steiner Brothers

This article is about the professional wrestling tag team. For the Canadian tap-dancing trio, see Steiner Brothers (tap-dancing trio).
Steiner Brothers
Scott and Rick in 2021
Tag team
MembersRick Steiner
Scott Steiner
Name(s)The Steiner Brothers
The Steiners
Billed heightsRick:
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Scott:
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Combined
billed weight		560 lb (250 kg)[1]
HometownBay City, Michigan, U.S.
Debut1989
Years active1988–1999
2002
2005–2009
2012–present

The Steiner Brothers are an American professional wrestling tag team consisting of brothers Rick Steiner (real name Robert Rechsteiner) and Scott Steiner (real name Scott Rechsteiner).

The brothers wrestled as amateurs at the University of Michigan.[2] The team made their professional wrestling debut in 1989, and competed in promotions such as Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), winning 11 world tag team championships and one United States Tag Team Championship, before disbanding in 1998.

The brothers reunited on the independent circuit in the early 2000s, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in May 2007. They are the first tag team to hold the WWF World Tag Team Championship, the WCW World Tag Team Championship, and the IWGP Tag Team Championship.

The Steiner Brothers are highly regarded, considered as one of the greatest tag teams in professional wrestling history.[3] On April 1, 2022, they were inducted in the WWE Hall of Fame.[4]

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  2. ^ "U-M Alums, Pro Wrestling Legends Steiner Brothers to be Inducted to WWE HOF". mgoblue.com. March 28, 2022. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
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  4. ^ Powell, John (March 28, 2022). "Steiner Brothers WWE Hall of Fame bound". Slam Wrestling. Retrieved April 2, 2022.